http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=21526 Robots who are fun to be with! Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=21526&cpage=1#comment-4833 GoRobotics.net » Development in HCI – M3 Robot used for research, ‘melts hearts’ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:27:38 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=21526#comment-4833 [...] This article at Plastic Pals seems to have more detailed specs on these two robots. The article is long, but features more detailed specs on the bot: [...] it is 50cm (19.6″) tall, weighs about 3.5kg (7.7 lbs) – about the size of a newborn.  A pair of CMOS cameras for sight and microphones for hearing, as well as gyro and accelerometer sensors, and tactile sensors provide various feedback. The robot has a total of 22 degrees of freedom, powered by high torque (41kg/cm) servo motors sold by Osaka-based robotics company Vstone. [...]

]]> http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=21526&cpage=1#comment-4830 M3 robots used to research human development, melt hearts (video) | Dominic Fallows Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:05:09 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=21526#comment-4830 [...] Permalink Plastic Pals  |  Japan Science and Technology Report  | Email this | Comments [...]

]]>